My Dad's 69th Birthday, Let's Go Elk Hunting

Shrink an inch. Let's check your time. What's your dad? The U.S. mail. Paid a lot of money for these. Look at that. See that difference? Ring the bell, whatever that means. And off we go. Guys, this is the channel that you can relate to because that's my dad. Talk about him all the time because he's my best friend. He's 69 and we are opposites. 68. You're gonna be 69 September 22nd. You are getting shorter. You used to be almost six foot. I am, dude. What the heck's now? I shrink, I shrink. They measured me at the doctor. I shrink an inch. I'm 5'10". What happened? My dad used to be almost six foot. You did play college football. I did not. Yeah. I wasn't very good. Yeah, you were. He can hit people. So my dad is opposite of me when it comes to archery, meaning I'm so tightly wound and OCD neurotic that I check and control everything. And then my dad's just gonna stroll in here right before oak season and say, Dan, help me get my bow ready for season. Probably picked it out of the case, blew some dust off of it from last year. It did. So I'm gonna, first I gotta make some coffee because he's not a morning person. We're gonna give him coffee. And then we are going to make sure my dad leaves here absolutely confident and dialed in his setup for elk. And we'll bring you guys along. We had a hunt together this year in New Mexico. I'm scared. It's gonna be awesome. They all can't beat pour overs. All right, we're balling there. Let's check out my dad's bow, see what we're working with here. The first thing we're gonna do, let's check time. Let's have you shoot through paper. You got an epsilon. You got a vertex. You still like this bow a lot. Let's check your time. Timing's perfect. Who did this for you? Your buddy down at Spokane Valley Orchery. You got your release? I weighed everything on my scale. Okay. That's not true. I don't own a scale. That was a joke. He's got jokes. So I switched to this release. About the third time I used it, I'm out in my yard and I was drawing back and I was practicing this turn right here. And I accidentally set off the release and my fist came back and hit me in the mouth and bloodied my lips. And then I was happy to find out that other people had done that. I wasn't the only one. You're not alone. I don't know who it was, but somebody shot my paper tuner. It wasn't me. I don't remember who it was. I had to act like I wasn't mad, but I'm still kind of mad about it. Make a really good controlled clean break. All right, so that's tail right, but there's no up or down. That's fine. Back up a little bit further and shoot one more. How can you tell that that's tail right? No, your impact, your fill point is to the left of the veins. So if you look here. Oh, barely discernible. Yeah, it is. That's not barely. But I don't really care if your broadhead and fill point are together, then I don't care about this. But this is just for me to kind of see where we're starting at. Okay, trying not to knock myself out here. Yeah, same tear. Same tear. Point, left or tail right. And it's just subtle, right? So your arrow, I'm exaggerating, but your arrow. It whipped. Yeah, it's coming in like this. Not really, but more probably just slightly. And so you're losing energy. And so ideally I want you to be straight. So how would I get your point to go to the right? I could move your rest to the right. I could shift your cams a little bit more. You got a thicker one here? I would probably put just an even thicker one and shift your cam over a little. And it would move your string over a little and you'd be balling. We may do that, but I want to see what happens when you shoot a broadhead and a fill point. So we'll do that next. This indicates me that you are leaking a little bit of energy. But I'm a broadhead guy, too, over paper. So what do you have for broadheads? Did you make that yourself? Yes, for shifting. I shift arrows. Okay. Oh, damn, look at you. A double bevel iron will, bougie. Oh, you're shooting 125s. All right, so this will be one that we're going to shoot. What do we think about this, Rod? This just came out. And I'm thinking I might want to have you shoot an elk with this. That's dark. That looks like something from medieval times. Let's see how it flies. So this is from my buddy, Dale. He owns Evolution Outdoors. He makes some of the best stuff out there, dude. So there's this guy. How many broadheads do you have? Four. Ooh, four? Yeah. Four 125s? Yes. All right, let's tap into them. I don't want to mess, I don't want to change this up. These are nice. Yeah, they are. Paid a lot of money for these. Oh, you did. I went to the elk shape store online. I got wide 125s from Iron Will. A buttload of them. I just need spares to have in the truck, that's all. Okay, I have spare 125. How many years have I gone elk hunting with you and only shot one arrow? Several. Are you making fun of my arrow case? I thought it was ingenious. I shipped that in the US mail. We're going to go with Zot 125. These are backups and we're going to shoot them because they might end up being your primaries. I have another case of these. They just, they penetrate like no other. We've tested them through bone here at the lab. They're out of Australia. They're badass. All right, I need you to shoot consistently. So as much rest as needed in between shots. Iron Will, the Cayuga Zot, and then a field point. And you're going to all aim for the middle. And we're going to shoot indoors. Ooh, I'm nervous. All right, so first thing we're going to do is weigh his arrow. Good God, this is heavy. 488.7. And let me weigh this Zot one too, just to be safe. 488, okay, cool. Perfect. I'm going to set this 10 yards from the target. So when the arrow's going over this, we're going to get the speed. So you're going to stand here. This is 30. When it goes by my chrono, it'll give you your 20 yard speed. Does that make sense? Yes. Okay, so locked and loaded, get ready. This is, technically you're at 28 yards right here. So dial for 28 and I'll go set this up. I've stuck a few arrows in the wall of my house and the basement and went through a garage door. So I think things can go wrong. Okay, in my estimation, I felt like your arrow was doing this on the way there. Corkscrewed. Not corkscrewed, just tail right. Yeah. All right, so then shoot. Where's that Zot? Or did you shoot the Zot first? I shot the Zot. You did shoot the Zot? Yeah. Okay, I'm going to go pull that one out. Let's have you shoot this one. And I'm going to holler out your speed. On its way to the target, it just does, goes like that. Aim just a little higher than you did on the last shot. Okay. Dude, both, both of them looked better. That looked really good arrow flight. That looked really good. Okay, you have one more shot. You're not in a hurry. No, no. But I'd like you to basically, Where? You ready to hit that arrow? Yeah, straight up. I'd like to see how close your field point and broadhead can be. Well, we only shoot once a year, so. It's all it takes. Okay. So. That flew really good. That flew good, but it's to the right. That must be. Which, I don't know. We'll have you shoot one more. I'm going to rest and stall. So his broadhead, if you guys, his broadhead's here. His field point's here. With his wheeling adjustment, I would kind of want to chase his broadhead. So I'm going to lean the cams this way, which is going to bring his string over here. I think he'll get better flight, and I think his broadhead and field point would group, and I don't have to touch his rest. So I may do a top hat adjustment. I may, but I will say for 30 yards right now, good Lord, that arrow flight looks really good. Good Lord! I ain't tuning nothing. That broadhead and field point are like this. I was going to do one more speed, probably like, gosh, dad, I don't know. Probably print you a tape out at like, maybe have you shoot at 50, and have the arrow go over at 40, so I can kind of get a 20 and a 40 yard speed. So if I have two downrange speeds, I can get you a really, like an exact sight tape. We're going to go outside, and we're going to shoot 50 yards. Broadhead, broadhead, field point. The chrono is 40, right? Okay. Let's just shoot the, that iron will, and then a field point. Your iron will at 50 yards, going at the 40 yard mark, is traveling 225 and 227 and 220, you know, so that's 226 average. And then at 20 yards, you're 235, 236, 237. So we'll take a mean average of this 20 and the 40, and you have a sight tape that is insanely perfect, that you can, and we'll put it at 8,000 feet, which is where you'll be. Oh, you're not scrutial, that's a big difference. Now let's pull, one thing you know DJ, everybody is, this is Rodney's, at 30 yards, this is what you want. Look at that. Field point, broadhead, stacked at 30. So I'd say right now, the rust bucket one, that you're going to touch up, that's your number one arrow. And then. I wonder what this is going to look like with blood all over it. Let's find out. And then check this ---- out, Rodney. This just backs up what I was saying and what the paper was showing. Here's your field point, unless you say this wasn't a good shot. Both these broadheads are right with each other, dad. Zot, so at least you know they have similar flight characteristics. But I would say, you could slightly lean your cam a little, or move your rest over a bump and be fine. Like maybe a click. To the left? To the left. So, I think that's right. The internet will tell me if I'm wrong. I always get confused. Well, so I've been shooting for the last two weeks. I've been hitting consistently, consistently three inches to the right. All my practice shots. I didn't touch a thing, because I was just doing reps. Then last night, I moved my rest to compensate for that. You touched your rest? Young man? Okay, I'll tell you what. Let's do this. Let's back up to 40. Not the rest, the sight. Oh, okay. I never touched the rest. That's the sight. Shoot this at 40, with your number one broadhead. And then a fill point. Okay, fill point. This shot felt good. Yeah, it's not a huge. One, your sight tape's not right. Two, your broadhead is shooting left of your fill point. You need to move again. Okay, so we just moved your string this way at full draw. You better get a, let's shoot through paper, and then broadhead. I exacerbated it, which means I'm just going to grab that old one that I took out. And go. And I'm just gonna grab it, take the one I just put in, remove it, and flip them over. Yes. Cool. Two seconds, we'll be back. We flip the top hats over. Let's see what we got. I'm into that. A lot better. That's a lot better. So, let's walk out to 40, shoot your broadhead, shoot your fill point. If I like it, I print your sight tape, and you go elk hunting. Oh, I like that. 40. All right. Put it right down the middle. That felt good. That's like bullseye. That felt good. Okay, put that right there with it. How'd you feel about that last shot? Good. All right, so at 40, your broadhead's a lot closer to the middle. Let's go 30 real quick, shoot broadhead, shoot a fill point. I just wanna make sure this is, they're right with each other. This little measurement right here, that's just a quick adjustment on my sight. Just my sight. I want a 20 and a 40. Right? And your first speed was, what? I need that little Garmin chrono. 234, 235, 236, 237. So, we're gonna say 235. And then, 227, 225. We'll go 226 at 40 yards. Great sighting. And then, all I gotta do now, dad, is print your sight tape. This is sticky paper. Oh, that's. And I would do masking tape, but I'd love for you, these are all the same. Okay. Cut this one out. Yeah. And I would honestly roll with it over the one you have right now. This is a more accurate sighting. For you, I would probably go home and figure out where exactly 40 is on the nuts. Yeah. Leave it there, and then. Match this to the 40. Pull that off and put the 40 of this on. So, set that at 40? Yeah, go find 40, perfect. Okay. Which, you're close. And then, don't move it. Peel this off. Yeah. Cut this out with scissors. Put that on and then put the packing tape over it. Paste it. Yeah, it's kinda sticky, so basically put your sticker on. Yeah. And then, masking tape or packing tape over the top. Perfect. Andrea can help me with that. You are dialed. Also, you should probably start shooting with four broadheads in your quiver. Yeah. And are you gonna run the leg limbs when you hunt? Yeah, I think I should. Yeah, because it's nice to set your bow down. And then, you have the Zot backups. 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